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Successful HR Management

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HR Transformation

HR Transformation

Efficient personnel management: Your key to business success

Human Resources (HR) can do much more than just administer personnel processes. All too often, the role of HR is reduced to administrative tasks instead of being recognized as a strategic partner. As a result, important business decisions are made without the valuable insights and input of HR. To fulfill its role as a strategic partner in the battle for the best talent, every HR department needs efficient processes, modern HR systems and competent and well-trained employees. Only in this way can HR create real added value for the company and actively shape important decisions. We can support you in your HR transformation.

Companies are facing fundamental change in HR: new skill requirements, a shortage of skilled workers, and rising expectations regarding employer attractiveness call for a clear strategic realignment. At the same time, HR departments are expected to evolve from administrative service providers to strategic business partners. However, in many organizations, inefficient, poorly digitized processes and a lack of a consolidated database are slowing down further development. When it comes to setting up people analytics in particular, there is often a lack of a basis for making informed, data-driven decisions on recruiting, employee retention, and workforce planning.
The key issues of the future that HR departments will have to deal with will revolve around the topic of skills: recruiting, talent management, workforce management, personnel development and training, succession management, etc. All of these HR services depend on transparency regarding current and future skill requirements. Strategic skills management makes it possible to anticipate rather than just react!
Selecting the right HR systems drives digitalization forward, reduces manual interfaces, and thereby cuts administrative costs. This frees up time for HR staff to focus on value-adding activities, which in turn strengthens their strategic role within the company. We work with our customers to select suitable HR systems that enable sustainable and successful HR transformation.

The UNITY understanding of the role of an HR department

HR as a business partner

HR acts as a reliable partner to the individual departments and advises them on HR-related issues.

HR as an initiator

Topics of the future are identified by HR and incorporated into the organization.

HR as a driver

HR is recognized and valued as a driver of HR-related topics.

The Future HR Organization

Our understanding of HR as a business partner & innovator

Thanks to our many years of experience in top management consulting, we know the needs of the business and can thus align your HR interests with those of the business as a partner. In order to professionalize your HR management, we recommend a 3-step approach based on our UNITY performance approach to HR transformation:

Consulting Services for HR Transformation

HR Strategy

Your strategic compass for HR work

Your challenges:

Lack of or unclear HR strategy
Non-transparent guidelines for the direction of HR management, such as the selection of suitable HR systems
Reactive management style and lack of appreciation for the HR department

UNITY solution approach:

Develop an HR strategy based on existing strategies and framework conditions
Define the role of HR within the overall organization
Classify the status quo in the target vision and identify the necessary actions and initiatives

HR Excellence

Your HR operating model for successful personnel management

Your challenges:

Low level of standardization and automation of processes
Lack of transparency and fragmented database due to inconsistent personnel data spread across multiple systems
Focus on administrative HR work rather than value-adding HR activities

UNITY solution approach:

Identify the HR services you need for a future-proof HR management setup
Conduct a maturity check and potential analysis in the dimensions of process, IT and people
Establishment of an integrated, consolidated HR data structure and reliable decision-making basis (people analytics)
Definition of end-to-end HR processes
Design the HR operating model including the structural and process organization

HR Transformation

Implementation of your HR agenda

Your challenges:

No clear prioritization for the implementation of the HR strategy or realization of the HR operating model
Lack of resources for the transformation
Unable to ensure the successful and sustainable implementation of identified transformation needs

UNITY solution approach:

Prioritization based on predefined evaluation criteria
Joint development of a master plan of actions with concrete measures for the HR transformation
Support in all aspects of the HR transformation

HR system selection and implementation

The right HR system for your human resources work

Your challenges:

Unclear or inconsistently defined system requirements due to historically developed processes
Lack of market transparency and comparability in the HR system market
High internal effort and uncertainty in the selection process (possibly due to previous bad experiences)
Risks associated with the introduction, acceptance, and sustainable use of the solution

UNITY solution approach:

Structured definition of requirements based on actual and target HR processes
Preliminary market research and creation of a well-founded longlist and shortlist
Methodical support of the selection process through to decision-making
Holistic support of implementation, including change management and empowerment